The Democratic Republic of Congo is potentially one of the richest mining countries in Africa, based on its vast resources of copper, cobalt and diamonds. However, as with many African countries, the...

Russia remains one of the world’s largest mineral producers, accounting for 20% of nickel and cobalt production, 5-7 % of coal and iron ore production, and also a large share of the output of some non-ferrous...

Central Africa's mining sector is set to follow much of the continent by developing its substantial mineral wealth As yet, the region is still far from achieving its full potential, but these recent...

The revision to BMI's Ghana mining growth forecasts in Q112 reflects the release of new data from the World Bureau of Mining Statistics (WBMS), as well as news of further expansion within the gold and...

The overall rise in consumption of mineral resources will drive the growth of the Brazilian mining industry. With estimated production of 415 million tons of minerals in 2010, the Brazilian mining industry...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)'s vast mineral resources will continue to attract greater international interest, given the country's huge untapped and high-grade reserves and an improving,
though...

The worldwide retail market for diamond jewellery is roughly around $75 billion. About 133 million carats of rough diamonds are produced each year. Botswana and Russia are the two largest producers;...

Industry Forecast
We are positive on the outlook for Botswana's mining sector over our forecast period to 2017. Diamond output will remain the mainstay of Botswanan mining production, boosted by new...

China is the third biggest country of coal resources in the world and its annual coal output and consumption rank number one in the world Coal industry is the basic industry in China and it plays an...